3390. métropolis
Strong's Concordance
métropolis: a metropolis.
Original Word: μητρόπολις
Transliteration: métropolis
Phonetic Spelling: (may-trop'-ol-is)
Short Definition: metropolis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3390: μητρόπολις

μητρόπολις, μητροπολεως, (μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
chief city, mother city

From meter and polis; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis" -- chiefest city.

see GREEK meter

see GREEK polis

Forms and Transliterations
μεμηχανευμένας μητροπόλεων μητρόπολιν μητρόπολις μηχανάς
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